New York court officially disbars Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, arrives to testify before a closed door hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. (Alex Brandon / AP)

Michael Cohen officially can’t practice law anymore.

A mid-level state appeals court in Manhattan disbarred the prison-bound former personal attorney to President Trump on Tuesday, ruling that he abandoned his oath when he lied to lawmakers.

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“(Cohen) ceased to be an attorney upon his federal conviction of making false statements to the United States Congress,” a five-judge panel on the court wrote in a disbarment decision, referencing Cohen’s guilty plea last year to lying to House and Senate committees about a scuttled Trump Tower development in Moscow.

The eight-page order recounted the other “serious crimes” Cohen has pleaded guilty to, including tax fraud, bank fraud and campaign finance violations.

Cohen obtained his law license in 1992. He can apply for reinstatement to the New York bar after seven years.

In his November guilty plea, Cohen said he lied to Congress about the Moscow deal out of a flawed sense of “loyalty” to Trump. Cohen also directly implicated Trump in the campaign finance crimes, which stem from the 2016 hush payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with the President over a decade ago.